Introduction

The Chicago Park District ("Park District”) is committed to maintaining your online privacy. The Park District On-Line Privacy Policy applies to data collected from the Chicago Park District websites.

Any information that you volunteer or that we send to you in response is transferred using industry standard encryption technologies. The following explains the Park District's privacy policy for all visitors to all Chicago Park District domains.

Disclosure of Personally Identifying Information

Your name, when linked with another identifier such as your address, telephone number or other personally identifying information, is private information and will not be given to the general public, including third parties for direct mail or advertising purposes. The Chicago Park District ("Park District") needs this information to enroll a participant in a recreational program or membership, and to be able to contact you, if necessary. If you do not provide the information, the participant may not be able to enroll in the requested program or membership. 

The information you provide may be released to: persons authorized to have access to the information under state or federal law; persons authorized by court order to have access to the information; persons to whom you have given written consent to have access to the information; and all individuals employed by or entities under contract with the Park District who have a need or a right to know the information in order to administer, manage and improve Park District programming or services.

Sale of Data

We do not sell data for direct mail or advertising purposes.

Information Gathering and Cookies

If you visit our websites to read or download information, such as event schedules, facility locations, or job openings, we capture and store information to speed up the performance of web page delivery. 

A cookie is a very small text file inserted onto your computer by a website that you visit. When you return to the website, the cookie is then read by the site's web server. Cookies are used for many things, from making websites more personal to tracking your web browsing habits.

How the Chicago Park District Uses Information Gathering & Cookies
 
Analytical Purposes

The Park District uses cookies through Google Analytics to analyze user activity to gain important insights about how to improve the functionality and user experience of the site.
 
Your Preferences & User Experience

The Park District also uses cookies to gather information about users, such as browser type, server, and language preference in order to store user preferences on our site to make the user experience more consistent and convenient. 

To learn more about how Google Analytics uses your data click here.

Sending the Park District an Email

We value your feedback. If you send the Park District an email with questions or comments about our programs or services, we do collect your email address and any other information that you volunteer. We occasionally will share this information with other nonprofit organizations, or our sister agencies such as the City of Chicago or the Chicago Public Schools.

Disclaimer

The Park District website contains links to other websites. These include links to websites operated by other government agencies, nonprofit organizations and private businesses, including but not limited to the websites of our vendors. The Park District does not endorse, sponsor, or provide preferential treatment to any third-party websites or persons or other entities associated with third-party websites. The Park District does not control third-party websites and, therefore, does not warrant that third-party websites are accurate or reliable or have operational links.  By selecting a link to a third-party website or clicking on an advertisement, users leave chicagoparkdistrict.com and become subject to the terms of use, privacy, and security policies of the owners/sponsors/operators of the third-party website.  By selecting a link to a third-party website or clicking on an advertisement users release the Park District, its agents, officers, or employees from any liability for any injury to any person or property caused by the user's or users' accessing a third-party website via a link on the Park District's website.

Although we work to provide reliable, accurate content on a timely basis, neither the Park District, nor any of, its agents, officers, or employees warrants the accuracy, reliability or timeliness of any information published by this system, nor endorses any content, viewpoints, products, or services linked from this system, and shall not be held liable for any losses caused by reliance on the accuracy, reliability or timeliness of such information. Portions of such information may be incorrect or not current. Any person or entity who relies on any information obtained from this system does so at their own risk.

Reference in this website to any specific commercial products, processes, or services, or the use of any trade, firm, or corporation name is for the information and convenience of the public and does not constitute the Park District’s endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the Park District, its officers, employees or agents. 

We reserve the right to revise and update this Privacy Policy at any time without notice by posting the revision on our site.